March 25, 2008
To whom it may concern
Kubota Corporation
2-47, Shikitsu-higashi 1-chome,
Naniwa-ku, Osaka 556-8601, Japan
Contact: IR Group
Finance & Accounting Department
Phone: +81-6-6648-2645

Notice on establishing a program of purchasing own shares

Please be advised that Kubota Corporation (“the Company”) resolved at the Board of Directors’ Meeting held on
March 25, 2008 to establish a program of purchasing its own shares, pursuant to Article 156 of the Corporate law after applying the regulations of Article 165 Paragraph 3 of said law. 1. Purpose for the purchase of its own shares
The Company will purchase its shares in order to create more value per share, as a part of returning profit to
shareholders.

2. Details of the purchase of its own shares 1) Type of shares to be purchased:
Shares of common stock of the Company
2) Number of shares to be purchased:
Not exceeding 10 million shares
(0.8%
of
total
numbers
of
shares
issued)

3) Amount of shares to be purchased:
Not exceeding ¥8 billion
4) Term of validity:
From March 26, 2008 to June 19, 2008

(Reference)

The number of treasury stock purchased pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors’ Meetings and held as of March 25, 2008
Total number of shares issued except treasury stock:
1,281,125,180 shares
The number of treasury stock:
10,794,000 shares

End of document
Cautionary Statements with Respect to Forward-Looking Statements
This document may contain forward-looking statements that are based on management’s expectations, estimates, projections and
assumptions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficultto predict. Therefore, actual future results may differ materially from what is forecast in forward-looking statements due to a variety offactors, including, without limitation: general economic conditions in the Company's markets, particularly government agriculturalpolicies, levels of capital expenditures, both in public and private sectors, foreign currency exchange rates, continued competitive pricingpressures in the marketplace, as well as the Company's ability to continue to gain acceptance of its products.